YES WE CAN!

...hah! fooled you...not about obama...

c. is potty trained!!! hip,hip hooray!

know hope!!!!!!

beautiful girl...

c. is two today! what a wonderful two years it has been. we have such fun over the past two days relieving going into labor and getting to the hospital- it was a whole family experience! everybody got up in the middle of the night, got to the car and made the 30 minute trip to the hospital. the kids hung out with me and the mr. while i labored, coaching and rubbing my legs and back. then out into the hall for the delivery (their choice!)...and as soon as she was here (five hours later) back in to meet their long awaited c.

since that early morning she has brought us all closer together. she makes us kinder and more fun. each of us enjoys looking at the world through her eyes. she is a blessing, indeed!

a growing obsession

okay- thomas is certainly not new to me, as i have logged many a happy moment with the pbs show, but when our other kids were little, they had a wooden railway other than thomas (sue me, we were poor!)

now,thanks to some stealthy activity at the clearance aisle of target, we are the proud owners of a thomas set (that works with our old one!) and a train table- all at scandously discounted prices.

it has already paid for itself, too- c. was up sick during the night and the only thing that made her happy was to play with "my thomas"- at 2 am, you can do anything you want sweety!

along with these wonderful turn of events, i have now won my first ever two items off of ebay (shameless, i know), combed the factory websites for discounts (found!), and discovered a local close out sale, where tomorrow I will mercilessly interrogate the shop owner as to what stock he has left. oh yeah, also joined a chat forum on the subject, but don't tell anyone, because that is embarrassing...

21 months

it is shocking to me that c. is going to be 2 at the end of the summer- we certainly can't imagine life without her, and yet, it has gone so very fast!

as you can see, she has more hair than any baby should! she also has all her teeth...(that is her "fake" smile in the picture)

c. counts to 11 without help and 20 with help, she still loves to read, she enjoys sesame street and playing with her babies and knows some letters by sight.

at 21 months, she eats like a horse and tries a little of everything.

this little one thinks that if she closes her eyes, you can't see her, will hide from you to keep from getting into trouble, knows how to tantrum, and is becomming very familiar with "time-out".

her favorite things to say: Daddy's home! Barack Obama! Who do'd that? Outside,please! I love you mama! Hello, morning!

things to look forward to: big girl bed (mom is too lazy right now to take that on!)

Happy Ten Months!

SNORT!
It has been a great ten months...I am so busy that I barely have time to write this blog entry for my mom.
I crawl everywhere, I get into things and I play alot.I say many, many things, but my family is only smart enough to pick up on mom, dad, Joe, brother, bottle.
No worries- I still bite, spit and snort. Someone has to keep these people on their toes!
Life is great people- get out there and enjoy it!

Welcome to the World Yuriko!


My cousin was born today and I am celebrating by wearing my Japanese PJ's. Mom came in and took this picture of me to document my outfit and the fact that I have become a champion sleeper.

Anyway we are all thankful that Y. arrived safe and sound and that Jay, Yumi, and Hannah have a wonderful new girl to love!